Global Futures Initiative

During the next two weeks we will focus on the impact of climate change on development. For this first week, the central question to address is how the increasing urgency of climate change threats is affecting development agendas and operations. What changes are you seeing, at an academic level and on the ground? We include two responses from our colleagues writing for a parallel blog on "Catholic Social Thought and the Global Future of Development" hosted by Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.

March 8 has been celebrated since 1975 as International Women's Day and thus we invited posts this week on related themes. Former President Jimmy Carter has said that “the most serious and unaddressed worldwide challenge is the deprivation and abuse of women and girls, largely caused by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing toleration of violence and warfare.” He has pledged to make it his highest priority for the rest of his life. We asked bloggers to reflect on the main challenges for development actors on gender issues and on what can and should be done to address them.